Appendices – Japan Studies (M.A. Program)
APPENDIX A: CORE COURSES (25 credits)
A minimum of 25 credits much be selected from the core courses list.
Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
JSIS 584 * | Special Topics: Modern Japanese History | 5 |
JSIS A 423* | Origins of Modern Japan | 5 |
JSIS A 424* | Japan Since the Early 20th Century | 5 |
JSIS A 435 | Japanese Government and Politics | 5 |
JSIS A 436/536 | Political Parties in Japan and East Asia | 5 |
JSIS A 437/537 | International Relations in Japan | 5 |
JSIS A 440/539 | Japanese History in Ecological Perspective | 5 |
JSIS A 415/548 | National Security of Japan | 5 |
JSIS A 484/553 | Asian Financial Systems | 5 |
JSIS A 473/573 | Political Economy of Postwar Japan | 5 |
JSIS A 474/574 | Civil Society in Japan and East Asia | 5 |
JSIS A 477/577 | Political Economy of Postwar Japan and Northeast Asia | 5 |
JSIS A 478/578 | Japanese Business and Technology | 5 |
JSIS A 472/581 | Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China | 5 |
JSIS A 487/587 | Japanese Trade Politics | 5 |
* These courses are eligible for this requirement if you have not already used them to fulfill your history requirement.
APPENDIX B: ELECTIVES (17 credits)
17 credits of elective work can be selected from both the electives list and the core courses list.
Course Number | Course Title | Credits |
ARCH 441 | Visions of the Japanese House | 3 |
ARCH 453 / ART H 419 | Japanese Architecture | 3 |
JAPAN 301-3 | Third-Year Japanese | 5-5-5 |
JAPAN 401-3 | Fourth-Year Japanese | 5-5-5 |
JAPAN 431-33 | Readings in Modern Japanese Literature | 5-5-5 |
JAPAN 435 | Seminar in Modern Japanese Literature | 5 |
JAPAN 451-53 | Fifth-Year Japanese | 5-5-5 |
JAPAN 472-73 | Readings in Classical Japanese Literature | 5-5 |
JAPAN 531-33 | Advanced Readings in Modern Japanese Literature | 5-5-5 |
JAPAN 580 | Development of Modern Japanese Fiction | 5 |
JAPAN 590 | Seminar in Japanese Literature | 5 |
JAPAN 595 | Seminar in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Art and Society | 5 |
JSIS 584 | Special Topics (when on Japan, with approval of GPC) | 5 |
JSIS 600 | Independent Study | 1-10 |
JSIS A 432 | History of the Japanese Empire | 5 |
JSIS A 449 | Anthropology of Modern Japan | 5 |
JSIS A 540 | Japanese Law | 4 |
JSIS B 531 | Crisis simulation (when taught by R. Pekkanen) | 5 |
JSIS D 549 | Government Regulation of Business in Japan | 3 |